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hi* trousers among other things, such an increase is t 0 b e
expected, and it would be well if the P.Iice and Gendarmerie
ccula be brought u P to strength. rmerle
lasu^ird^ (87). There has been an improvement in the stats
of security. About the middle of the month three noted 1
Bairauvand brigands were captured by the gendarmerie and local
garrison, which has been re-inferred to about 30 men, 80 tin<r '
onjunction with their y*ung Bairanrand
_ ^ ^ n w c ~— cuivcuiu. ohieTso uneep
hh'^ih 0 " 1 villa ee near Oalayer were recovered and three »r
four rifles were captured. After about a fortnight all thr»e
bri 6 ands were released together with their booty, less is
sheep which were retained by the gendarmerie and sold'in
Buru^n-a. It is stated on geod authority that a bribe of 1000
t0 the c l lief of gendarmerie, ht.Karimi and
Captain Mokhtary cormaanding the troops stationed at Burulird
-u.e vyo^ei-nor wag furious and demanded explanationso He ¥/as
to..a .nar- tne release had "been carried out on the orders of
the iuiorramafcaa Division,, This, heweverj, appears to he in-
correct and the new G.OoC. and his chief of staff are taking
up me matter. All seem agreed that LtoKarimi's removal to^
is leGS mlxed up with local "brigands, w«uld
he in the pubxic interesto
Luriptano
sec\irity 0
HSALTH.
( 28 )
There has been an improvement in internal
. (22)* There have been a couple of cases of
to ieport. ln AhWaZ and f0Ur 10 Cizful; otherwise nothing
RUboIAIT APyflTRq,
Consul for the TJ 0 s
(30). It i s now learnt that M. liarobrykh. Acting
i ; * Q _ Q. -- ^ttV> 4- 4-^rn^u -i ^
, , — - oix», wn® went to Tehran leave, w m
no, be re turning; also that the Vice-Consul, M„smirnov, is
likewise going on leave ^and hopes net to see Ahwaz again 1 ',
e is e mg repa,accid uy i-l ft pohie2inski, who has come from
before’ IfB 38f h , e is ^erstood not to have served abroad
before, but he speaks a little English and is making efforts
to improve^ his wife, n«v in Moscow, i F expected in about
a month. He appears very friendly. M.Smirnov’s departure
will oe generally regretted - he spoke quite good English
and was always pleasant and amusing.
Two Bushian officers, one described-as
poL?^? nl - an ^ llta T? -Attache, called on Colonel Msqbelli and
asked oo oe shown the Persian Army Barracks. They also :
hi^ te fh th ^- barraC i S 4 .i n L)izfl11 - Had one of them had a cloven
^y®f, the dismay of uhe Persians in the town could not have
been much greater.
PUBLIC RELATIONq .
. in the progress of the war S
for a^our: M ° bila Cinema hap sent up to Luris^ln
film Performance 3 WL 0 viven h in e airofthfR e I !5 r^r es i ,
nth-ir. „ ro 7 ” -ii aia oi one j^oA.F.B enevolent Fund.
This W a.« supportea not at all by the Americans, badly by the
A.IcOo^o ana the British Army (who failed to see why they
The U Britioh 0r «'>®” 5 “ A *^ Parity) and very well by the Persians,
ih© Britisii Military were i^axlied at the last moment whe-'-:^-
was explained that their absence would cause comment. The
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